Reinforced concrete cross-tie.



No. 848,155. 4 TATENTED MAR. ze, 1907.

W. A. BRYANT. REINTORGBD CONCRETE CROSS TIE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.14. 1907.

A WOR/vf YS 'Unirse srA'rns PATENT Vonirica WILLiAM A. BRYANT, or WETUMPKA, ALABAMA, Assicivoa or .ONE-Feuer TO THOMAS W, HOUSE, OF WETUMPKA, ALABAMA. i

' aemeoeceo concer-:TE @Ross-Tie Specification of Letters Patent.

Fatented March 26, 190'?.

Application filed January 14, 1907. Serial No 852.240.

To a/ZZ :whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. BRYANT, a.

citizen.4 of. the United States, residing at We-` tumpka, m the county of Elmore and State of Alabama, have invented a new and usestrains incident to the passage of cars and porting the tie.

- drawings.

other railway rolling-stock.-

Afurther object ofthe invention is to provide a railway-.tie formed of sections detaehably secured together, whereby the same may be quickly united and posiand has for its object thel a plurality of i tioned beneath the road-bed and readily disconnected to facilitate A further object is to reinforce and strengthen the tie by the provision of spaced' longitudinal rods or. loops, and, further, to

handling and transf loop of the tie-section 5,

otherwise formed of cement, concrete, or other suitable material and reinforced and strengthened by spaced longitudinal rods 8 and 9.l The rods S and 9 are preferably in the form of loops, as shown, and are embedded in the'concrete, cement,` or other plastic material with the closed ends of the loops disposed in opposite directions.`

rlhe arms forming. the open end of the upper loop 8 are extended beyond the adjal cent tie-section Gand bent or coiled to form coincident eyes 10, which register with similar eyes 11, formed inthe upper reinforcing thereby to permit the passage of a connecting-bolt 12.' The bolt 12 forms a pivotal connection" between the tie-sections 5 and 6 and is retained in position by means of ,a clamping-nut 13, 1 which 'engages the threadedl end ofthe bolt 12,

10 and 1 1 in engagethereby to force the eyes ment with each other.

The closed end of the lower loop 9 of each section is extended beyond the adjacent end ofthe latter and deflected rovide means for supporting said rods or oops in spaced relation during the formation of the tie.

generally improve this class of devices so as to increase their utility, durablity,

and eflic'iency.

Wit-h these and other objects in view the invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement ofparts l y A for the tie-sections and serve to receive the A still further object of the invention is to z strains; or jars incident by the passage of cars or other rolling-stock. The upper ends of the loops 8 and 9 are supported 1n spaced re-x lation to each other during the formation of the tie-sections by mea-ns of suitable transhereinafter fully described, and illustrated in i the accompanying drawings, it being understood that various changes 1n form proportions, and minor details of construction may be resorted to'within the scopeof the appended claims. A 4,

In the accompanying drawings, forming av part o t' this specification, Figurel is a side elevation, partly in section, of a cement railway-tie constructed in accordance with my inventin Fig. 2 is 'a top plan view, partly in sectiomof said tie` Fig. 3 is a transverse ,sectional view taken on the line?) 3 of Fig. 1.

Similar numerals of reference indicate correspondingparts in all of the figures 4of the The improved railway-tie is preferably formed of two sections 5 and 6 to permit the -same to be conveniently positioned beneath therails l7, said sections being molded or verse and vertical connecting rods or wires 15 and 16, the opposite ends of whichare' coiled or otherwise twisted4 aroundy the side bars of the loop, as shown. The tie is fur# ther reinforced and strengthened by the pr0` vision of longitudinal truss-bars 17, one end of each of which is bent vided with a terminal hook 18, which engages the closed end of the upper reinforcing loop' 8, while the opposite end of the truss-bar is providedfwith a similar loc 19, which engages the adjacenttransverse connectingwirel, as shown. y

Interposed between the truss-rod 17 and the parallel. arms of the lower reinforcing'- downwardly`to upwardly and pro-- Iloo loop 9 are transverse supporting-plates-IQ and 20, provided with bolt holes or apertures 21 and having their opposite ends coiled around. or otherwisefrigidly secured. to the side bars of the ,lower loop 9, as best shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing.` Attention is here pressed downwardly on the base of the rails 7,

called to the fact that the truss-bar i7 eX- tends beneath the reinforcing-plates 2O and 19. and thus serves to assist in supporting i the same in position on the parallel arms of l the lower supporting-loop 9. The arms y 'forming the open end of the loop 9 are del iected laterally to form terminal hooks 22, i which are embedded in the concrete, cement, or other material forming the tie-sections aiid Whiehserve as anchoring members.

Embedded in thc concretefat the upper surface of each tie-section is a block or cush- I ioning member 23, the latter being preferably inclosed in a metal casing or housing 24, E l I oountersunk in the upper surface of the tie,

so that the block or cushioning member will be. disposed substantially flush with the uppersurface of the ties. per` surface ofthe block 23 is a rail-engaging: clamp, preferably formed of a single metallic l -plate,-having its opposite longitudinal edges I slit longitudinally to form oppositely-disi posed ears or lugs 25, adapted to be folded or i and thus lock the rails in position on the ties. Asl a means tor retaining block or plate 26 in position on the tie-sections, suitable clamping-bolts 27 are employed, the latter in the plates 19 and 2i) and having their upper ends extended throughsimilar openings 4in the block 23 and plate 26 for engagement with suitable clamping-nuts 28.

In using the device the adjacent sections of the tie are positioned beneath the rails and fastened together" by-means of the coupling member or bolt i2, after which the plates 26 i are positioned on the blocks 23 with the rails resting onsaid plates and the ears and lugs bent downwardly in engagement with the base of the rail, as clearly shown in Fig. 'l of the, drawing, thus locking the rails against longitudinal and lateral displacement. In

' being threaded through the perforations 2i i orderto replace either tie-section should the i wise injured, it is merely necessary to move the coupling-pins 12, when the two sections maybe readily detache l and withdrawn laterally from beneath t e rails. It will of course be understood that any number of reinforcing-bars may be employed and that the i sections Y may be further reinforced and l strengthened by the provision of auxiliary vertical and transverse connecting-wires.

Attention is called to the fact that the deiected ends 14 of the lower reinforcing-loops 9 by engagement with eachother serve to receive and absorb any jar or impact, and thus prevent crackingor otherwise disintegrating the cement forming the body of the tie. 'From the foregoing description it will be seen that there is provided an extremely simple, inexpensive, and efficient device admirably adapted for the attainment of the ends g in view. y i

i i l same for any cause become broken or other- Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is l. A railway-tie including mating sections and spaced reinforcing members embedded :in said sections and each having ono end thereof extended beyond the adjacent scction and deflected laterally 'for engagement.

g with the correspondingly-dcflected end of thc reinforcing member of the mating Section.

2. A; railway-tie including mating sections, and reinforcing-loops embedded in cach tiesection land having their closed ends eXtended beyond the adjacent section and bent downwardly 'for engagement with the dcflected end of the loop of a mating section.

3. A railway-tie including a plurality of detachable sections, spaced reinforcing-loops Mounted on the upembedded in each section and having their j closed ends extended in opposite directions,

and means for connecting said sections.

MA railway-tie including a plurality of detachable sections, spaced reinforcing-loops embedded in said sections and having their ,v closed ends cxtended-in opposite directions,

the closed end of one of the oops of each sec tion' being extended beyond the adjacent end of said section and deflected downwardly for engagement with the corres )ondingly dclected end oi' thc reinforcing-loop of the mat ing section.

A railway-tie including a plurality of detachable sections, spaced rein'forcingdoops embedded in said sections and having their closed ends extended in op osito directions, means for supporting said oops, and means engaging one of the loops` of each section for detachaoly securing the same together.

i. A railway-tie including a plurality of detacinible sections, spaced loops embedded in cach section and having their closed ends extended in opposite directions eyes formed in the open lend of one of the loops of cach section, and a in extending through said eyes for detachaliiy uniting said sections.

7. A railway-tie including a plurality of detachable sections, spaced reinforcing-bums embedded in said sections and having their closed ends extended in opposite directions, the open ends of the upper loops beiner provided wit-h terminal eyes and the close( ends of the lower loops being deflected downwardly for engagement with each other, and a pin passing'through theeyes -for detachably uniting the sections.

S. A railway-tie including a plurality of detachable sections, spaced reinforcing-loops embedded in said sections, and a longitudinal truss-rod disposed between the walls of the loops and operatively connected therewith.

A railway-tie including a plurality of detachable sections, spaced reinforcing-loops embedded'in said' sections and having their closed ends extended in opposite directions, tie-wires connecting the walls of said loo s, and a longitudinal truss-rod extending etween the loops and having its opposite ends provided with hooks one of which engages the closed end of the adjacent loop and the other one of the tie-wires. e

10.- A'railway-tie including a plurality of detach-able sections, spaced reinforcing-loops embedded in said sections and having their closed ends extended in opposite directions, the open end of the upper loop cfeach tie being provided with coincident eyes and the open end \of 'the lowern loop being extended laterally to form anchoring members, the closed end of the anchor-carrymg loop being j deflected downwardly for engagement with the correspondingly-deilected end of the anchor-carrying loop' of an adjacent section, and a pin passing through the eyes for detachably uniting said sections.

l1. A railway-tie including a plurality ofV detachable sections, a reinforcing-loop embedded in each section and having its closed end 'extended beyond the adjacent end of said section and deflected downwardly for engagement with the correspondingly-deflected end of the loop ofthe mating section, )erforated plates connecting the walls of the loops, cushioning members carried by the tie-sections, rail-engaging members mounted on the cushioning members and clamping bolts extending through the transverse plates, cushioning members and tie-engaging menibers for locking the latter in position on the tie-sections.

' 12. A railvsjayf-ti/e including a bedded in said sections, perforated transverse plates connecting the walls of said loops, metallic housings embedded in the upper surface ofthe sections, cushioning ingmembers carried by the cushioning memt-he tie-sections.

13. A railway-tie including a plurality of detachable sections,l a reinforcing-loop embedded in each section, transverse plates connecting thevvalls of the loops, a trussrod extending beneath the plates, cushioningf p pluralityof detachable sections, reinforcing-loops em-,

i blocks embedded 1n the upper surface of the tie-sections, a rail-engaging member carried by the cushioning-blockand having its opposite edges bent to form lugs adapted to engage the rails, and fastening devices carried by. the plates for clamping the rail-engaging member and blockin position on thetie.

A 14. A railway-tie including a plurality of detachable sections, spaced reinforcing-loops embedded in said sections and having their closed ends extended in opposite directions, the open end of the upper reinforcing-loop of each section being provided with coincident eyes and the lower reinforcing-loop being deflected downwardly for engagement with the correspondingly-deflected end of the lower `reinforcing-loop of the adjacent section.

transverse plates connecting the walls' of the j lower loop, cushioning-blocks embedded in the upper surfacev of the tie-sections, rail-engaging members carried by the cushioningblocks, fastening devices extending through the transverse plates for clamping the cushioning-block and rail-engaging members in position on the' tie, and coupling-pins extending through the eyes of the upper reinforcingloops.

15. A railway-tie including a pluralityr of detachable sections, spaced reinforcing-loops embedded in said sections and having their closed. ends extended in opposite directions, the open ends of the u per loops being detacbably connected and the closed ends of the lower loops being deected laterally-for engagement with each other, a transverse late connecting the walls of one of the loops, ongitudinal truss-bars extending beneath the plates, cushioning-blocks embedded in the upper surface of the tie-sections, rail-enmembers seated 1n said housings, rail-engaggaging members carried by the bloc-ks, and

j fastening devices extending through the bers, and clamping-bolts passing throughthe l perforations in the transverse plates and enf gaging the cushioning and rail-engaging members for locking the same in position ontransverse plate for clamping the cushioningblockand rail-engaging member in position on the tie-section.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as l mv. own I have hereto `atlixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM A. BRYANT-` lf'yVitnesses:

D. D. AsKEw, F. Lorn' TATE. 

